Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Dear , Check in Lawrence. 15+ years ago we had a mom in our LLL group who gave birth to her second boy. First boy was on a typical growth curve, no problems. Baby # 2 was big at birth and weighed 25 # by 2.5 months. Pedi was freaking out and telling her not to feed so often; she told the mother that infantile obesity was an indicator for adolescent and adult obesity. I checked Lawrence at the time and there were only 3 pieces of research re: obesity and exclusive breastfeeding referenced. The results were mixed. One said that with exclusive bfing lifelong obesity would *not* result. One said that with exclusive bfing obesity would result and one was inconclusive. I would suggest you check Lawrence now, because I suspect there are a lot more studies available. This mom and dad were committed to breastfeeding on cue without restricting his intake. When I stopped by at the house several weeks later, I ran into the dad and he was telling me about his grandfather. The family was of Scandinavian descent and had settled in MN. In the town where his grandfather had lived most of his life, his nickname was "Big." He was almost 7' tall and over 200 pounds. He was just a big man. We laughed about how their son was a direct descendant of "Big" in terms of infant growth. This 'little' guy was a little later on the developmental charts for crawling and walking (we didn't know if it was because he was really big or if that was just his normal developmental curve), but he went on to become a tall, thin (just like his mom and dad) adolescent with no weight issues. Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Yeah -excellent point. Infants with " tall genes " weigh and drink much more than the average. Some Pediatricians are just ridiculous in their interpretations. Look at the size of the baby and how much babyfat is on him/her. My son drank over 40oz milk/day. Exclusively breastfeeding with proper latch and everything, he cried for more and I had serious milk supply issues. We had to supplement at just 2 months - first with donor milk and eventually non-breastmilk supplements... but that's a whole other story. My son is now 44 inches tall, 40lbs. He is 2 years and 8 months old, I have to feed him 5-6 good sized meals per day (I don't get much else done!) just to keep him satisfied, and he's still somewhat slender. His father is 6'3 " . My father is 6'3 " - tall genes make babies that weight more - because they are simply growing faster, sooner. Even breastfed babies who are chunky, supposedly end up slimmer as adults That research would know about because it's in her recent IBCLE study guide as a " correct " answer. > > Dear , > Check in Lawrence. > 15+ years ago we had a mom in our LLL group who gave birth to her second > boy. First boy was on a typical growth curve, no problems. Baby # 2 was big > at birth and weighed 25 # by 2.5 months. Pedi was freaking out and telling > her not to feed so often; she told the mother that infantile obesity was an > indicator for adolescent and adult obesity. > > I checked Lawrence at the time and there were only 3 pieces of research > re: obesity and exclusive breastfeeding referenced. The results were mixed. > One said that with exclusive bfing lifelong obesity would *not* result. One > said that with exclusive bfing obesity would result and one was > inconclusive. > > I would suggest you check Lawrence now, because I suspect there are a lot > more studies available. > > This mom and dad were committed to breastfeeding on cue without restricting > his intake. > > When I stopped by at the house several weeks later, I ran into the dad and > he was telling me about his grandfather. The family was of Scandinavian > descent and had settled in MN. In the town where his grandfather had lived > most of his life, his nickname was " Big. " He was almost 7' tall and over 200 > pounds. He was just a big man. We laughed about how their son was a direct > descendant of " Big " in terms of infant growth. > > This 'little' guy was a little later on the developmental charts for > crawling and walking (we didn't know if it was because he was really big or if > that was just his normal developmental curve), but he went on to become a > tall, thin (just like his mom and dad) adolescent with no weight issues. > > Ann > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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